Q 01/05

In which city did the Backstreet Boys form in 1993?

A) Orlando, Florida

B) Los Angeles, California

C) Nashville, Tennessee

D) Lexington, Kentucky

Answer · why

A) Orlando, Florida

Two of the five, Kevin and Brian, are cousins from Kentucky who moved south to join.

Q 02/05

Which two members of the group are cousins?

A) Nick Carter and Brian Littrell

B) Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson

C) Nick Carter and AJ McLean

D) Howie Dorough and AJ McLean

Answer · why

B) Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson

Both come from Lexington, Kentucky, and were inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame together in 2015.

Q 03/05

Lou Pearlman's 1992 newspaper ad sought a group with a certain boy band's look and which act's sound?

A) New Edition

B) The Temptations

C) Boyz II Men

D) Take That

Answer · why

C) Boyz II Men

He ran it in the Orlando Sentinel and held auditions in his blimp hangar in Kissimmee.

Q 04/05

Where did Pearlman hold the open casting calls that produced the group?

A) A shopping mall

B) A Disney rehearsal hall

C) A church basement

D) A blimp hangar

Answer · why

D) A blimp hangar

Pearlman's first business was airships, which he had loved since watching them as a boy in Queens.

Q 05/05

What was the group named after?

A) An Orlando flea market

B) A Kissimmee street

C) A Beach Boys song

D) Pearlman's yacht

Answer · why

A) An Orlando flea market

The Backstreet Market near International Drive was also a teen hangout.